Whatever their reasons may be, the Brown brothers have been a flaky headache for the Miami Hurricanes. Now, Arthur Brown Jr., considered by some to be the top linebacker in the recruiting class of 2008, has enrolled at Kansas State after mysteriously leaving the University of Miami last month.Brown never…
As he tends to do, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez sees a problem and decides the best way to fix it is to give himself more power. So in the face of the ongoing meltdown of Jackson Memorial Health system Alvarez wants the power to fire board members and appoint an…
Finally! The perfect gift for that special someone in your life who has a degree worth about $120,000 yet is a little too slow to figure out how to properly use a regular blanket. Priced at just $23.99 at the All Canes store, this “comfy throw” is perfect for those…
Despite some talk that the Pro Bowl may be played every other year in the same city as the Super Bowl, or find a semi-permanent home in Miami, the NFL announced today that it’s headed back to Hawaii for the next two years. One change from this year that seems to have…
Trip Advisor put together a list of the ten biggest hotel movie stars in history, and our own Fontainebleau made the list. Memorably a main backdrop in Goldfinger, the historic hotel also has credits for parts in The Bodyguard, The Bellboy, Scarface, Sinatra flick A Hole in the Head, and…
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Because the US Senate is basically a crazy, semi-undemocratic body full of arcane procedural rules and bitter partisanship, one cranky old senator from Kentucky has blocked unemployment benefits for more than 200,000 Floridians.The Democrat-controlled congress is currently hammering out a new jobs bill, but in the meantime tried to pass…
A proposed committee bill has been introduced in the Florida House of Representatives that would block the release of recordings on 911 calls. What’s with the timing? Gee, could it have anything to do with the 911 tapes that were released in the wake of the Tiger Woods controversy?Currently, under…
Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James announced that he just sent in paperwork to have his uniform number changed from 23 to 6. The official word is that it’s a tribute to Michael Jordan, though the number 23 figures quite prominently into the logo used for his Nike apparel. Why the…
Last year, for the first time in more than six decades, Florida actually saw a decrease in its total population. University of Florida’s Bureau of Economic and Business Research reported that the the population fell by about 58,000 people between April 2008 and April 2009.Now that same bureau is reporting…
Not so flattering nude pictures of Miami rapper Trina leaked to the internet yesterday, and the Diamond Princess is calling in the FBI.Trina tells MTV news that a thief stole her cell phone at the BET Awards last October, and that the criminal tried to shake her down for money.”I…
www.thedailyshow.comLike any good cable news freak out, Rick Sanchez’s hyper-kinetic, geographically confused coverage of the Chilean Earthquake on CNN this weekend has been skewered by John Stewart on The Daily Show. Stewart’s take: “I just realized something, Rick Sanchez delivers the news like a guy at a party who’s doing…
The family of a brain dead woman who had life support cut even though she may have been able to breath on her own is taking the case to court. [Herald]A water main break has flooded a Hialeah neighborhood, leaving a sink hole in the middle of the road and forcing evacuations. [JustNews]It’s official:…
As far as Latin American dictators go, Augusto Pinochet doesn’t get nearly enough hate in these parts. I mean, this is what Miami does: hate Latin American dictators. Philly has cheese steaks, Orlando has theme parks, Miami has its undying hate for Latin American dictators.Oh, that’s right! Pinochet was a…
17.4 percent of all bicyclist deaths in America occur in Florida, which only makes up about 6 percent of the total population. Basically, Florida is the Red Asphalt State. According to USA Today, Florida is the deadliest state for both pedestrians and bicyclists. In 2008, there were 490 pedestrian or bicyclist…
Last time on Dwyane Wade Watch, we said we were “about 75 percent sure [Wade will] stay with the Heat.” Well, Heat owner Micky Arison is a bit more optimistic than our already sunny prediction. In fact, he’s 20 percent more sure. “The bottom line is he has publicly and privately said…
The hottest trend in Hollywood is dating lesbian DJs. Lindsay Lohan had Samantha Ronson. Australian pop singer Sia has coupled up with JD Samson of Le Tigre. So it was only a matter of time before Fort Lauderdale-based DJ Tracy Young got a semifamous girlfriend of her own.According to US Weekly,…
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We’re going to be shamelessly celebrity-gossipy here for a second if that’s all right with you. We’ll get back to dissecting whatever it is Marco Rubio has gone and done or whatnot in a second. But first, can we talk about Jude Law’s very important love-child summit?So the once-verging-on-A-list actor…
Last Friday, I was invited to speak on an inaugural podcast for We Are Silicon Beach, a new website dedicated to the local tech community. The geeks behind it are Eduardo Henriques and Fabian Socarras of Micstura and serial entrepreneur Ulises Orozco. All three work out of Brikolodge, Miami’s only…
Despite its name, The Daily Beast is not a per diem review of large, threatening wild life. Well, usually anyway.Even after parting ways with Gerald Posner, Tina Brown’s internet concern hasn’t kept its eyes off South Florida. This week they sent former Newsweek senior reporter Catharine Skipp into the everglades with Capt…
Well, it’s official. Dwyane Wade needs a crap-load of help. Sure it was great to see D-Wade back in action last night after being sidelined with a strained calf since February 17. But even with Wade doing his usual routine of denting asses in a single bound, the Miami Heat…
